I was catching up on my ‘mentions’ over on Twitter the other morning when I noticed that the Italian chef Antonio Carluccio was a member on there, naturally I clicked to follow him. Not only did I click the follow button but I clicked the profile button too; a dangerous thing of course as it then [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Pasta’
August 28, 2009
The Staff Of Life
Bread is often called the staff of life and it is not difficult to see why. There are so many varients out there, different flours, different blends, different optional extras and different baking styles; need I go on? I love bread and I love baking bread
Focaccia is the ultimate sharing bread and very [...]
April 9, 2009
Buona Pasqua!
March 20th marked the first day of springtime but until yesterday the whether hasn’t been at all clement and so I haven’t really felt like cooking springtime food, preferring to stick to warming, comforting dishes instead. However, with the arrival of some warm sun yesterday (I’d like to add here that it disappeared today and gave way [...]
March 27, 2009
Che Cosa C’è Per Il Conpanatico?
For the non Italian readers on this blog, the title means “What are we having with the bread?” A lovely expression which shows just how much the Italians value their bread. Maybe it’s a tourist or restaurant thing, or maybe I’m just an old romantic but I envisage a basket full of bread on the [...]
February 27, 2009
A Cultured Post
Yesterday I made my first ever batch of cheese, goats milk ricotta cheese to be precise. The recipe for the cheese came from a fabulous book The Home Creamery: Make Your Own Fresh Dairy Products, Easy Recipes for Butter, Yogurt, Sour Cream, Creme Fraiche, Cream Cheese, Ricotta, and More! by Kathy Farrell-Kingsley. Not only does this delightful book [...]
September 10, 2008
Eat Your Greens
“Eat your greens” is something we hear rather a lot during our lifetime, if it isn’t our parents during childhood, Government guidelines (e.g. 5 a day project), it’s nutritionists/medics via the media telling us how good they are for us and how we need to eat more.
Sadly despite all this advice many people still do [...]
August 27, 2008
Use Your Noodle
The lovely Miriam from Hong Kong inspired dinner tonight, she’d sent me a large pack of lovely noodles along with various other goodies and they were screaming out to be used. Combining these with the new purchase of Chinese Food Made Easy (Ching-He Huang) and the necessity to use up two crabs which I’d defrosted, meant only one thing: Chilli [...]
